Arctic warming amplifies climate change and its impacts
This ScienceBrief Review examines the evidence linking Arctic warming to the amplification of climate change impacts in Arctic, boreal and mid-latitude regions. It synthesises findings from more than 190 peer-reviewed scientific articles gathered using ScienceBrief. The evidence shows that the Arcti...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:5596791 2023-05-15T14:33:56+02:00 Arctic warming amplifies climate change and its impacts Smith, Adam J. P. Smith, Doug M. Cohen, Judah Jones, Matthew W. 2021-10-28 https://zenodo.org/record/5596791 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5596791 unknown info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/776810/ info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/821003/ info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727862/ doi:10.5281/zenodo.5596790 https://zenodo.org/communities/climatechange https://zenodo.org/record/5596791 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5596791 oai:zenodo.org:5596791 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Climate Change Arctic amplification sea ice atmospheric circulation mid-latitude extreme weather permafrost blocking fire info:eu-repo/semantics/report publication-report 2021 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.559679110.5281/zenodo.5596790 2023-03-11T03:02:17Z This ScienceBrief Review examines the evidence linking Arctic warming to the amplification of climate change impacts in Arctic, boreal and mid-latitude regions. It synthesises findings from more than 190 peer-reviewed scientific articles gathered using ScienceBrief. The evidence shows that the Arctic region has warmed at least twice as much as the global average, leading to a number of environmental consequences. The extent and thickness of sea-ice have decreased and rates of permafrost thaw have increased in recent decades. The impacts of rising mean annual temperatures have been exacerbated by an increase in heatwaves this century. These changes amplify climate change and its impacts. Permafrost thaw and wildfires are releasing greenhouse gases and amplifying climate change, while the loss of sea ice is reducing the amount of solar energy reflected by the Earth’s surface. There is ongoing debate about how changes in the Arctic energy balance influence patterns of extreme weather in the mid-latitudes. Report Arctic Climate change Ice permafrost Sea ice Zenodo Arctic |
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This ScienceBrief Review examines the evidence linking Arctic warming to the amplification of climate change impacts in Arctic, boreal and mid-latitude regions. It synthesises findings from more than 190 peer-reviewed scientific articles gathered using ScienceBrief. The evidence shows that the Arctic region has warmed at least twice as much as the global average, leading to a number of environmental consequences. The extent and thickness of sea-ice have decreased and rates of permafrost thaw have increased in recent decades. The impacts of rising mean annual temperatures have been exacerbated by an increase in heatwaves this century. These changes amplify climate change and its impacts. Permafrost thaw and wildfires are releasing greenhouse gases and amplifying climate change, while the loss of sea ice is reducing the amount of solar energy reflected by the Earth’s surface. There is ongoing debate about how changes in the Arctic energy balance influence patterns of extreme weather in the mid-latitudes. |
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